Women in Chemistry

By Science, Naturally!
Price $14.99
Age 7-10 yrs.

Like the other installments in this wonderful series, Women in Chemistry entertains and informs young readers with its uniquely engaging format and fascinating-fact-filled content. At the core of this powerfully illuminating approach is a young female character that functions as a stand-in for the reader, posing salient questions and reveling in the answers that spur her next questions. Interwoven with this buoyant back and forth are concise biographies of five historically prominent female chemists whose scientific contributions are relevant to the current question at hand. Each and every page is structured in a way that maximizes reader engagement and thus makes it easy to absorb the information presented. Particularly effective in this regard is the use of warm, beautifully-rendered illustrations that serve to anchor and reinforce the information provided in the text. Not only does Women in Chemistry reward readers' curiosity with fascinating answers and inspiring stories, it makes clear that dreaming, pondering and seeking to know more is central to what it means to be a scientist.